^ Finally found the incident and original El Pais article that second link is referencing. Makes no sense that it would occur in the blowout final set last year as they allege there; actually occurred back in '10. Was before I started following off-the-court stuff closely (ie, before I joined MTF ) and I didn't know about this. Definitely not good form from Nadal. That it occurred against someone who was receiving instructions from his box as recently as this weekend's final is telling about just how common it is on the tour, but two wrongs don't make a right. You were in the right to call him on this.

He is just Tio's puppet. And why shouldn't he abuse the rules if they are not properly enforced anyway?

Impeccable Dull fan logic right there.

Sure he can: he can be blamed for playing a style of tennis many people on here don't care for. Not gonna defend him from legit accusations of playing overly conservative tennis too often.

And yeah, that his uncle's an asshole isn't his fault; Toni absolutely should be severely punished for in-match coaching just like anyone else (not that that's happening either). The tour is responsible for enforcing it's rules, not the players, and that goes doubly for something like time violations where it's impossible for a player to know when he's exceeding the limit or not.

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